Lamp-cord reel.



M. L RANDALL.

LAMP com REEL. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 28, 191,1.

15984,@69. ?atented Jan. 20, 191% l cord 12 which in this instance is ,acontinuavembedded therein the spring MARION I. MNnALnor BELLINGHAM,WASHINGTON.

LAMB-conn REEL.

Specicatioiii'of Letters Patent.

Patented an.

Applieauon mea Januay'as, Ien.- senal No'. 608,231.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it knownthat I, MARION I. RANDALL, a citizen of the United States,residing'at Bellingham, in the county of Whatcom and State AofWashington, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lamp-CordReels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lam cord reels. The obj ect of the inventionis tlie provision of a simple, eiiicient and durable reel of thecharacter described whereby the lamp cord maly be lengthened orshortened as desired. urther objects of the invention will appear as thefollowing specific description is read in connection with theaccompanying drawing which forms a part o'f thisappli-A cation, and inwhich:

Figure l is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is an end elevation with artsbroken away. Fig. 3 is a detail longitu inal section.

Referring more particularly to the drawing 1 represents a support of anysuitable type from which de end the supportin brackets 2 and 3, theIfatter being provid with a central aperture to receive t e pivotingpintle 4 of the drum shaft and the former beinuf provided with a squareslot 5 to receive the square shank 6 of the ratchet shaft. The drumshaft is hollow and has operated ratchet shaft 6 which is provided witha notched boss 7 adapted to be engaged by the pivoted pawls'8 so as tolock the drum shaft in operated position. The drum shaft is shown asprovided with a plurality of collars 8, 9 and 10, the latter two ofwhich form a winding drum for the lam cord 11 and the former two ofwhich orm a drum for the reception of an operating v011 a tensionweight'l'l and'then ar` u causes it to pro tion of the lamp cord whichpasses through an aperture. 13 formed in the collar 9.

The lamp cord has one end passed through the support 1 and passes over apulle1 4 n the drum shaft between the dollars 9 and' 10, through the aerture 13 and then around the drum sha between the collars 8 and 9. Itis attached to the drum shaft intermediate the ends of the drum so as toprevent slipping upon the drumsand thereby shortening t e weightsupporting end. By pulling down upon the lamp. the operat-` ing cord 1sunwound and consequentl the weight supporting end -is also unwoun and bygivin lamps an spring. The weight being mounted as shown maintains aconstant tension on the cord and erly wind on the drum.

Havin' thus escribed the invention, what is claim 'is- The combinationwith a support, of a lai-11pv cord reel attached thereto and com risingbearin brackets, a spring retract drum journa ed in said brackets, saiddrum being divided into sections, tending downwardly from the supportand then upwardly to form a loop, it being then wound upon lone of thedrum sections 1n one direction and o positely wound u on the othersection and from,andwa wei ht having a roller supported by the loop in te cord.- In testimony whereoi` I aiiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.,

MARION I. RANDALL.

Witnesses:

R. B. RICHARDSON, W. T. HUGHES.

a slight downward pull upon the then releasing the same, the drums vwillbe wound upv byl the tension of the a lamp cord ex-

